Mr D - Social Media Team Leader

Customer Service Team Leader - Mr D Food takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Customer Service Team Leader to join our team in Cape Town. We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, young, creative, hardworking people to join us. We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great This position will report to the Customer Services Manager Your responsibilities will include: Measuring & Managing internal customer attendance & Time Keeping Performing quality assessments on both voice and email customer interactions to ensure that quality and compliance standards are maintained. Ensuring that the productivity targets for a call and email monitoring are met as per internal service level agreements. Ensuring that the quality targets for call and email monitoring are met as per set out for KPI’s. Identify and escalate potential system and process improvements with the aim to enhance the customer’s journey. Identify and escalate problem areas, trends and training opportunities to the appropriate stakeholder/s Manage your team’s probation period through regular performance discussions and coaching. Deliver individual/group coaching sessions to ensure KPI Targets are met. Drive and motivate your team to achieve targets. Report on the overall quality of customer interaction activity per agent in your team. Liaise with internal departments to solve customer queries and escalate customer-facing challenges to the relevant stakeholders Assess any service failure and identify the root cause and take appropriate action ensure similar failures are avoided Take ownership of a customer and ensure their needs are met as soon as possible Lead a team of 15+ agents and optimally manage all staffing needs, productivity, and quality Manage all Internal and External Customer Services complaints Ensure company policies and procedures are communicated to the team, managing and resolving people-related problems, including but not limited to resolving employees conflict of interest, absenteeism, including but not limited to all industrial relations matters. Manage and maintain a highly focused and motivated team Ensure the minimum Contact Centre service levels are maintained on a daily basis. Identify, review and propose solutions to issues identified or picked up during the course of performing day to day duties Attributes required: Passionate about teamwork Responsible and Accountable Excellent verbal and written communication skills Leadership skills – display the qualities of a leader and set a good example Results orientated Empowering within team and structure Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as an effective team member and leader Problem-solving skills Analytical skills Excellent listening skills Must be driven / self-motivated Intermediate to advanced excel skills High level of computer literacy Ability to compile feedback in writing and for verbal purposes Comfortable and able to function in an ambiguous, fast-paced, high-pressure environment, while maintaining high-quality outputs A self-starter that’s comfortable with constant change Ability to use multiple systems and multitask in a fast-paced environment Knowledge of delivery and or courier services Qualifications & Experience: *Your own internet connection is required, to perform this role* National Senior Certificate and ideally post-matric study Minimum 18 months Customer Service Team Leader experience? Flexibility to work rotational shifts which include weekends, public holidays and overnight work. The Environment : takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa. We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always…